10 Core Principles of Report Studio Development

Do you want to become an Advanced Report Studio Developer more quickly?
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• Do you feel slightly vulnerable when discussing or reading a report requirement?


• Do you secretly find yourself with a "let's see If I can do this with Report Studio" attitude?


• Do you make large errors in your BI estimates?


• Have you said yes to report requirements you were not sure you could actually do?


• Have you had significant mis-starts in your report designs?

I have experienced these problems in every technology new to me until after I get many months of experience. In the mean time, I would miss deadlines, say yes to things I was unsure could be done, spend large amounts of time only then to realize I've gone down a path that either creates something not maintainable, has horrible performance or will cost me mountains of work.

Have you experienced these types of problems?

It takes a significant amount of experience in any technology to have a clear vision through to the end of a project. Often, the problem is that either you are brand new to a technology or, the technology you are working with has had a paradigm change and in essence you are new to it

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To find long-lasting learning materials that transfer experience is both golden and very rare.

There are tons of training classes, books, and web articles, but the vast majority
tell you how to work a tool or what a formula is to solve a challenge. Very few tell you how to approach problems, what the sound approaches are and the places to avoid.

How much time would you save telling a user that one small, innocent part of their requirement will add multiples of Report Studio development time?
How would you benefit by eliminating mis-starts and see the path of the solution before beginning the report?

If you are looking for a "How to Work Report Studio book", this is NOT it. I assume you know the basics.

In this booklet, I give you significant details beyond the drag and drop, property setting information that so many other books provide.
Here, you will learn the underlying principles of how Report Studio WANTS to be used. How it works best and how you should approach problems. You will also learn how not to approach problems and where the hidden traps are in report development.

You will learn:

• The impact your data has on your report development


• Hard limitations of Report Studio and how to get around some of them


• When to solve problems outside of Report Studio


• Some pitfalls of formatting (Up to 50% of report development time)


• More ...

These principles are not theoretical, but instead practical and hard learned. I have taught at least 2,000 people Cognos (for Cognos and at Corporations) and am a 7 year hands-on Report Studio developer. In this booklet, you get my boiled down observation of these principles and refined, clear explanations you can understand and act upon today.

Principles usually last longer than techniques and I have verified that everything in this booklet is still valid with Cognos 10.2

If you are a beginning or intermediate Report Studio developer, this concise booklet will significantly reduce your time to becoming an advanced developer.

Think of your purchase today like taking me to lunch to pick my brains and accelerate your skills.